The Eisbach is an artificial stream that runs through the
English Garden, the biggest public park in Munich, Germany.
Within the stream, a standing wave can appear. The wave is
0.9-1.1m high and about 12m wide. The flow velocity is pretty
high and can reach about 5 meters per second. As the wave is
steep and strong, it can be surfed.

The wave used to be a rare and unstable phenomenon and
sometimes disappeared for months in a row. However, several
people in the waverider community worked long and hard to
understand the characteristics of the flow. After over five years
of efforts, since about 2000 we are able to induce a wave that is
stable over the long-term. Within certain limits, the wave can be
moved and shaped into a near-optimal form.

As a result of a predictable, surfable wave in the midst of a
major city, the Eisbach wave has become seriously overcrowded.
This has made surf life miserable even for the old guard who made
the continuous wave possible in the first place. Therefore, if
you already are a good river surfer, at the very least be
courteous, or consider surfing somewhere else.

But If you are a beginner, don't even THINK of surfing here.
The flow-braking rocks that the stream's builders set into the
concrete of the riverbed are invisible, but dangerous. Impacts on
the rocks are hard and happen all the time after uncontrolled
falls. Among the many injuries from the rocks, people had to
lament the complete loss of a kneecap, a broken shoulder and a
ruptured main aorta in a thigh with a near amputation of a leg.
These accidents could force the city to close down the wave
permanently. Consequently, all beginners face severe pressure
from the experienced locals to get lost and to injure
themselves at a different surf spot.

But the best you can do is build your own wave somewhere on
this planet.

A new riversurfing movie will come out for which a trailer is
available.

Our heartfelt condolences to the Family of old-time Eisbach
surfer Chris Glas, who died on Friday, 1st of April, 2005 from a
60 meter fall on the Brauneck mountain while trying to recover a
lost ski. Farewell, Chris. You will not be forgotten.